The 天美影视传媒 is the best in the U.S. and No. 2 in the world for library and information management, according to the 2026 released Wednesday. Three other UW subject areas placed in the top 10 in the world: geology, geophysics and Earth and marine sciences.

This ranking tracks an analysis of reputation and research output, conducted by . The consultancy looks at more than 18,300 individual university programs at more than 1,700 universities in 100 locations around the world. The ranking spans 55 academic disciplines across five broad faculty areas including arts and humanities; engineering and technology; life sciences and medicine; natural sciences; and social sciences and management.

The UW has 29 programs in the top 100, 14 in the top 50, and four in the top 10, including:

• Library and information management 鈥� No. 2
• Geology 鈥� No. 8
• Geophysics 鈥� No. 9
• Earth and marine sciences 鈥� No. 10

Visit the rankings site for .

During the annual salmon run last fall, 天美影视传媒 researchers pulled salmon DNA out of thin air and used it to estimate the number of fish that passed through the adjacent river. , a UW research scientist of marine and environmental affairs, began formulating the driving hypothesis for the study while hiking on the Olympic Peninsula.

鈥淚 saw the fish jumping and the water splashing and I started thinking 鈥� could we recover their genetic material from the air?,鈥� he said.

The researchers placed air filters at several sites on Issaquah Creek, near the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery in Washington. To their amazement, the filters captured Coho salmon DNA, even 10 to 12 feet from the river. Scientists collect environmental DNA, or eDNA, to identify species living in or passing through an area, but few have attempted to track aquatic species by sampling air.

This study, , shows that eDNA can move between air and water 鈥� a possibility scientists hadn鈥檛 accounted for even though aquatic animal DNA sometimes appears in airborne study data.

The researchers then merged air and water eDNA with the hatchery鈥檚 visual counts in a model to track how salmon numbers rose and fell during the fall migration. Although the amount of salmon DNA in the air was 25,000 times less than what was observed in the water, its concentration still varied with observed migratory trends.

鈥淭his work is at the edge of what is possible with eDNA,鈥� said senior author , a UW professor of marine and environmental affairs and director of . 鈥淚t pushes the boundaries way further than I thought we could.鈥�

Researchers have streamlined the process of sampling eDNA over the past decade. Water and air are reservoirs for discarded bits of skin, hair and other DNA-rich detritus. Like a footprint, eDNA flags the presence of a species nearby.

After hatching, young salmon migrate to the ocean for one to several years before returning to the same stream to spawn. They leap and thrash near the surface of the water, likely shedding eDNA in the process. Every year, as the fish pass through migratory bottlenecks, people count them to gauge population health, set catch limits and monitor rehabilitation efforts.

Ip began to wonder about remote monitoring efforts while watching the fish wiggle upstream. eDNA has become a valuable tool for tracking endangered and invasive species. He developed an experiment to test the air for salmon DNA in conjunction with colleagues at the UW.

鈥淭his is Aden鈥檚 baby,鈥� said Kelly. 鈥淗e arrived saying 鈥業 know you can get eDNA from the water, but I want to do something nobody has done before.鈥欌��

Researchers placed filters 10 to 12 feet from the stream and left them out for 24 hours on six different days between August and October, testing four filter types each time. Three were vertical filters and the fourth was an open 2-liter tub of deionized water to capture settling particles.

In the lab, they washed eDNA from the filter and measured its concentration with a Coho salmon-specific tag to a DNA amplification method called polymerase chain reaction. They referenced air and water eDNA concentration and visual counts to track population changes, assuming that each method has its own margin of error, and the true number of fish is unknown.

The airborne eDNA concentration fluctuated with the visual counts reported by the hatchery, suggesting that this could become a useful tool for tracking salmon populations. The strategy is more remote-friendly than other methods because it does not require electricity.

鈥淭his technique quantitatively links air, water and fish,鈥� Ip said. 鈥淎irborne eDNA doesn鈥檛 give us a headcount, but it does tell us where salmon are and what their relative abundance is in different streams.鈥�

There are still a number of variables to account for, such as rain, wind, humidity and temperature, that the researchers plan to continue exploring in future studies.

鈥淩ight now, we鈥檙e pushing the boundaries of possibility,鈥� Kelly said. 鈥淓ventually, we will develop the technique, as we have for waterborne eDNA, into something that can help guide management and policy.鈥�

For more information, contact Aden Yincheong Ip at adenip@uw.edu

Co-authors include , a UW postdoctoral researcher in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and , chief scientist at the eDNA collaborative in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at UW.聽

This research was funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Oceankind.

The 天美影视传媒 is No. 8 on the 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, 聽on Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.

The UW also placed in the top 10 in eight subject areas ranked by U.S. News.

Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University topped the list in that order. The University of Oxford is No. 4, followed by University of Cambridge, the University of California, Berkeley, University College London and the UW. Yale University and Columbia University rounded out the top 10.

鈥淯nquestionably, the UW is advancing discovery that saves and improves lives, promotes prosperity, makes our nation stronger and expands human knowledge for the good of all,鈥� said UW President Ana Mari Cauce. 鈥淚鈥檓 very proud to see this extraordinary impact recognized through this latest ranking.鈥�

The U.S. News ranking聽聽鈥斅燽ased on data and metrics provided by Clarivate 鈥� weighs factors that measure a university鈥檚 global and regional research reputation and academic research performance. For the overall rankings, this includes bibliometric indicators such as the number of publications, citations and international collaboration.

The overall Best Global Universities ranking encompasses 2,250 institutions spread across 105 countries, according to U.S. News.

Here are the UW fields of study that are in the top 10 in U.S. News鈥� subject rankings:

Molecular biology and genetics 鈥� No. 6

Clinical medicine 鈥� No. 6

Public, environmental and occupational health 鈥� No. 6

Microbiology 鈥� No. 7

Biology and biochemistry 鈥� No. 8 (up from 9)

Infectious diseases 鈥� No. 9

Marine and freshwater biology 鈥� No. 9

Social sciences and public health 鈥� No. 9

To help struggling salmon populations, the state of Washington is legally required to replace hundreds of culverts that divert streams under roadways. The state transportation department is replacing old, rusting metal pipes with broad, concrete promenades that provide more gradual gradients and gentler flows for salmon swimming upstream to access more spawning grounds. The of the effort will last 17 years and cost $3.8 billion.

But how successful are these projects at boosting fish traffic? A team from the 天美影视传媒 and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration performed genetic sleuthing during two culvert replacements in 2021-22 near the city of Bellingham. Post-intervention monitoring shows that upgrading one culvert 鈥� which went under Interstate-5 鈥� had a big impact, and the other culvert may not have been as much of a barrier. Construction did not disrupt fish populations at either site.

The will appear in a forthcoming issue of Environmental Applications.

鈥淭his was an amazing study to work on, both in terms of the science and the broader implications. We demonstrated that we can measure the impact of management interventions using only DNA recovered from the water,鈥� said lead author , who began the project as a UW postdoctoral researcher in marine and environmental affairs and is now chief scientist at the UW-based .

For the study, the researchers didn鈥檛 catch or count a single fish. Instead, from March 2021 to December 2022 鈥� before, during and after the project 鈥� they collected water samples each month at locations just upstream and downstream of the culvert. Back in the lab, they sequenced the fragments of floating DNA to identify the type and amount of DNA of salmonid species present.

The study used a new type of monitoring known as 鈥渆nvironmental DNA,鈥� or eDNA. Fragments of DNA floating in the environment on scales, scat, fur or other material can help researchers detect which species are nearby, rather than relying on visual counts, cameras or traps.

A fish鈥檚 DNA stays in the water for a day or two. The researchers aimed to use the culvert project as a model for the use of eDNA in environmental impact reporting, more generally.

The study focused on along Padden Creek, a roughly 3-mile creek flowing from Padden Lake to Bellingham Bay. One culvert replacement was a major upgrade under I-5. DNA results show improvement for the four species of interest: cutthroat trout, coho salmon, rainbow trout and sockeye salmon. The other project, a smaller culvert replacement under state Route 11, or Old Fairhaven Parkway, had less impact: Trout and salmon DNA were present at similar levels before and after construction, meaning the older culvert may have been passable to fish.

鈥淚t is clear that not all things that are marked as a blockage to salmon are, in fact, blockages to salmon,鈥� Allan said. 鈥淚n the future, DNA sampling upstream of culverts might be something to add to the prioritization process.鈥�

The results could help support across the West Coast and in Alaska.

鈥淓nvironmental DNA offers a pretty different way of seeing the world,鈥� said co-lead author , a UW associate professor of marine and environmental affairs. 鈥淲e can see thousands of species in a liter of water, in a way that no other sampling method can. And what makes eDNA really attractive is it鈥檚 easily repeatable and scalable.鈥�

Researchers collected water samples using a high-tech backpack donated by Smith-Root, a company based in Vancouver, Washington. They sequenced about 52 million fragments of DNA in total, about half of which were for the four salmonid species of interest.

Researchers also surveyed five other creeks as controls. In the future, the authors say, engineers or surveyors could collect water samples for environmental monitoring more easily than surveying and identifying fish, making it simpler to combine with other measurements.

鈥淚f you had to go out there with another method and find and count fish, it would take all day,鈥� Kelly said. 鈥淪o eDNA offers a real savings in terms of in terms of time and effort in the field.鈥�

Other co-authors are postdoctoral researcher , master鈥檚 student and research scientist , all in the UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs; and and at NOAA. The research was funded by Oceankind, a grantmaking organization based in California, and by the Washington State Department of Transportation.

For more information, contact Allan at eallan@uw.edu or Kelly at rpkelly@uw.edu.

Many people are aware of plastic pollution in the oceans. Photos of turtles or seabirds entangled in plastic garbage first went viral in the 1990s, and the is now the focus of highly publicized cleanup efforts.

Less recognized is how marine plastic waste affects human populations, and the unequal burden on different communities. A report, 鈥�,鈥� outlines the current situation and attempts to address the problem.

鈥淲e all benefit from plastics, but some people are paying more of the external costs in terms of the environmental damage, well-being issues and just horrendous scenes that they must live with in places they call home,鈥� said project leader , a 天美影视传媒 professor of practice in marine and environmental affairs and director of The Nippon Foundation .

Increasingly, the greenhouse gases causing climate change are seen as an issue in which some countries produce most of the pollution while other countries or groups are more at risk from the long-term consequences. Plastic pollution, this report argues, is a similar issue for coastal communities.

The report, published in late November, includes 31 authors from nine countries. It incorporates case studies and analyses from around the world as well as larger, overarching recommendations for change.

The authors conclude that coastal communities most affected by marine plastic pollution should be better represented in drafting potential solutions. A free, virtual event in March will bring together stakeholders from around the world to draw up a road map for an equity-focused path to address marine plastics.

The Ocean Nexus Center was founded in 2019 as a 10-year initiative based in UW EarthLab that includes more than 20 member universities and organizations around the world. Its mission is to bring together equity and justice in the oceans on a global scale.

The recently published report covers topics such as:

• A call to replace the term 鈥減lastic litter鈥� with 鈥減lastic pollution.鈥� The word 鈥渓itter鈥� frames the issue on a small scale that can be addressed with better waste collection, disposal or recycling, rather than broader industry-wide changes to production.
• A discussion of the rise in plastic waste during the COVID-19 pandemic, through masks, gloves, face shields and a resurgence of single-use and individually wrapped products.
• Chapters that provide place-based case studies, including interviews with local residents about their experiences with marine plastics. Locations include a fishing community in Ghana, coastal mangrove forests in Ecuador, and an island in southern Japan that includes both tourists and residents.
• Two analyses of waste cleanup programs 鈥� Washington state鈥檚 and the program in the Netherlands.
• A section with multiple authors focused on the island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Maori perspectives have been disregarded in efforts to address marine plastic pollution, authors write, despite the greater impact and importance of marine environments for Maori people鈥檚 livelihood and culture.
• A review of international rules for plastic waste disposal 鈥� a patchwork of regulations including the Basel Convention, a nonbinding agreement that the U.S. has not signed.
• A critique of Coca-Cola Co.鈥檚 鈥� as an example of industry-backed solutions to marine plastic pollution that focus on individual consumers, rather than bigger, more permanent solutions that could reduce plastic waste.

鈥淐oca-Cola is the world鈥檚 biggest producer of plastic waste, and it serves as a case study of how multinational corporations engage in waste reduction and corporate social responsibility,鈥� said lead author , a UW postdoctoral researcher in marine and environmental affairs who wrote the analysis of Coca-Cola鈥檚 initiative.

鈥淎s we highlight in the report, one of the key actions we see as imperative for addressing marine plastic pollution is refocusing the problem as one of plastics production, rather than as an issue of waste management,鈥� Vandenberg said.

, a Seattle-based artist, created digital watercolor paintings that appear throughout the document. The report is funded by The Nippon Foundation and is intended to be an accessible, comprehensive summary of the issue that can be read by policymakers, educators and other audiences, Ota said.

The March event will bring together audiences to implement the report鈥檚 main recommendations. Visit The Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center to find forthcoming event details.

For more information, contact Ocean Nexus marketing and communications lead Ariel Wang at arielyw@uw.edu, Ota at yota1@uw.edu or Vandenberg at jvandenb@uw.edu (note: Vandenberg is currently a visiting scholar at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, on Central European Time).

More than a century of preserved fish specimens offer a rare glimpse into long-term trends in parasite populations. New research from the 天美影视传媒 shows that fish parasites plummeted from 1880 to 2019, a 140-year stretch when Puget Sound 鈥� their habitat and the second largest estuary in the mainland U.S. 鈥� warmed significantly.

The , published the week of Jan. 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the world鈥檚 largest and longest dataset of wildlife parasite abundance. It suggests that parasites may be especially vulnerable to a changing climate.

鈥淧eople generally think that climate change will cause parasites to thrive, that we will see an increase in parasite outbreaks as the world warms,鈥� said lead author , a UW associate professor of aquatic and fishery sciences. 鈥淔or some parasite species that may be true, but parasites depend on hosts, and that makes them particularly vulnerable in a changing world where the fate of hosts is being reshuffled.鈥�

While some parasites have a single host species, many parasites travel between host species. Eggs are carried in one host species, the larvae emerge and infect another host and the adult may reach maturity in a third host before laying eggs.

For parasites that rely on three or more host species during their lifecycle 鈥� including more than half the parasite species identified in the study鈥檚 Puget Sound fish 鈥� analysis of historic fish specimens showed an 11% average decline per decade in abundance. Of 10 parasite species that had disappeared completely by 1980, nine relied on three or more hosts.

鈥淥ur results show that parasites with one or two host species stayed pretty steady, but parasites with three or more hosts crashed,鈥� Wood said. 鈥淭he degree of decline was severe. It would trigger conservation action if it occurred in the types of species that people care about, like mammals or birds.鈥�

And while parasites inspire fear or disgust 鈥� especially for people who associate them with illness in themselves, their kids or their pets 鈥� the result is worrying news for ecosystems, Wood said.

鈥淧arasite ecology is really in its infancy, but what we do know is that these complex-lifecycle parasites probably play an important role in pushing energy through food webs and in supporting top apex predators,鈥� Wood said. She is one of the authors of a 2020 report laying out a conservation plan for parasites.

Wood鈥檚 study is among the first to use a new method for resurrecting information on parasite populations of the past. Mammals and birds are preserved with taxidermy, which retains parasites only on skin, feathers or fur. But fish, reptile and amphibian specimens are preserved in fluid, which also preserves any parasites living inside the animal at the time of its death.

The study focused on eight species of fish that are common in the behind-the-scenes collections of natural history museums. Most came from the UW Fish Collection at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. The authors carefully sliced into the preserved fish specimens and then identified and counted the parasites they discovered inside before returning the specimens to the museums.

鈥淚t took a long time. It鈥檚 certainly not for the faint of heart,鈥� Wood said. 鈥淚鈥檇 love to stick these fish in a blender and use a genomic technique to detect their parasites鈥� DNA, but the fish were first preserved with a fluid that shreds DNA. So what we did was just regular old shoe-leather parasitology.鈥�

Among the multi-celled parasites they found were , or animals with an exoskeleton, including crustaceans, as well as what Wood describes as 鈥渦nbelievably gorgeous tapeworms:鈥� the , whose heads are armed with hook-covered tentacles. In total, the team counted 17,259 parasites, of 85 types, from 699 fish specimens.

To explain the parasite declines, the authors considered three possible causes: how abundant the host species was in Puget Sound; pollution levels; and temperature at the ocean鈥檚 surface. The variable that best explained the decline in parasites was sea surface temperature, which rose by 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Puget Sound from 1950 to 2019.

A parasite that requires multiple hosts is like a delicate , Wood said. The complex series of steps they face to complete their lifecycle makes them vulnerable to disruption at any point along the way.

鈥淭his study demonstrates that major parasite declines have happened in Puget Sound. If this can happen unnoticed in an ecosystem as well studied as this one, where else might it be happening?鈥� Wood said. 鈥淚 hope our work inspires other ecologists to think about their own focal ecosystems, identify the right museum specimens, and see whether these trends are unique to Puget Sound, or something that is occurring in other places as well.

鈥淥ur result draws attention to the fact that parasitic species might be in real danger,鈥� Wood added. 鈥淎nd that could mean bad stuff for us 鈥� not just fewer worms, but less of the parasite-driven ecosystem services that we鈥檝e come to depend on.鈥�

The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the UW-based Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the 天美影视传媒 and the Washington Research Foundation.

Co-authors are at Pennsylvania鈥檚 Neumann University, who did this work as a UW postdoctoral researcher; at Georgia鈥檚 Kennesaw State University, who did this work as a UW postdoctoral researcher; , a UW Research Technologist; , a UW doctoral student; , manager of the UW Fish Collection at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture; and , faculty members in aquatic and fishery sciences at the UW; at NOAA鈥檚 Northwest Fisheries Science Center; and at HelmWest Laboratory in Missoula, Montana.

For more information, contact Wood, who is currently in California, at chelwood@uw.edu. Accompanying images and b-roll video available .

Grants: NSF: 2141898

The 天美影视传媒 rose from No. 7 to No. 6 on the聽, released on Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.

U.S. News also ranked several subjects, and the UW placed in the top 10 in 10 subject areas, including immunology (No. 4), molecular biology and genetics (No. 5) and clinical medicine (No. 6).

In another ranking out this week, Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 by Subject, six subject areas at the UW placed in the top 25.

鈥淎s a global public research university, the UW鈥檚 mission is to create and accelerate change for the public good,鈥� UW President Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淚鈥檓 proud that these rankings reflect the outstanding and wide-ranging work of our faculty, staff and students to expand knowledge and discovery that is changing people鈥檚 lives for the better, particularly in the health sciences.鈥�

The U.S. News ranking 鈥斅� based on Web of Science data and metrics provided by Clarivate Analytics InCites 鈥� weighs factors that measure a university鈥檚 global and regional research reputation and academic research performance. For the overall rankings, this includes bibliometric indicators such as publications, citations and international collaboration.

The overall Best Global Universities ranking, now in its ninth year, encompasses the top 2,000 institutions spread across 90 countries, according to U.S. News.聽American universities make up eight of the top 10 spots.

Here are all the top 10 UW rankings in U.S. News鈥� subject rankings:

• Immunology 鈥� No. 4
• Molecular biology and genetics 鈥� No. 5
• Clinical medicine 鈥� No. 6
• Geosciences 鈥� No. 7
• Infectious diseases 鈥� No. 7
• Public, environmental and occupational health 鈥� No. 7
• Social sciences and public health 鈥� No. 7
• Biology and biochemistry 鈥� No. 8
• Microbiology 鈥� No. 10

In the rankings, UW鈥檚 programs in these areas placed in the top 25:

• : No. 15
• (includes agriculture and forestry, biological sciences, veterinary science and sport science): No. 16
• (includes medicine, dentistry and other health subjects): No. 17
• (includes communication and media studies, politics and international studies 鈥� including development studies, sociology and geography): No. 18
• (includes mathematics and statistics, physics and astronomy, chemistry, geology, environmental sciences, and Earth and marine sciences): No. 19
• (includes education, teacher training, and academic studies in education): No. 23

The subject tables employ the same used in the overall聽; however, the methodology is recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields.

A new effort at the 天美影视传媒 aims to accelerate eDNA research by supporting existing projects and building a network of practitioners to advance the nascent field. Called the , the team is based in the College of the Environment with leadership and program staff from the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs.

For about a decade, scientists have honed the craft of using genetic material in the environment 鈥� known as eDNA 鈥� to detect and monitor organisms for environmental science and conservation. In a marine environment, for example, scientists can collect water samples from a specific location, then extract DNA to discern which species were present recently in that area, having never seen the animals themselves.

This bit of molecular wizardry is now becoming routine for scientists 鈥� even prompting a commitment from the U.S. Navy to use eDNA to map the locations of marine mammals 鈥� and the eDNA Collaborative aims to help the technique make the leap into everyday use for people and governments everywhere.

It can be hard to monitor and gather data across large areas using standard techniques of observing and counting various species, and eDNA techniques aim to supplement standard approaches to data collection and monitoring. This data can then inform state and federal decisions about wildlife conservation and management. For example, the team helped roll out a molecular method to help Washington find invasive European green crabs as they threaten to invade the waters of Puget Sound. Such practical applications are what turn a technology from being an interesting niche into a foundational tool on which agencies rely.

But adopting new technologies requires building familiarity and trust, and this is where the eDNA Collaborative comes in. The Collaborative鈥檚 director, , a UW professor of marine and environmental affairs, likened the young field of eDNA research to how various new technologies develop and take off.

鈥淓xperimentation is how technologies develop, and as with the early days of any new tech, it鈥檚 a soup of ideas with eDNA research,鈥� Kelly said. 鈥淲hile people are still inventing, we don鈥檛 want to impose standards in a top-down way. We want to encourage best practices without squelching creativity. That鈥檚 what this Collaborative will help do: accelerate the field from the bottom up.鈥�

The initiative will focus on three main areas: Supporting existing eDNA research projects at UW; granting seed money to new eDNA research ventures outside the UW and the United States; and supporting a visiting scholar program to connect eDNA practitioners and encourage networking and information-sharing. The goal is to move more of the techniques developed in the lab out into practice in the field, helping the best ideas rise to the surface faster.

鈥淓nvironmental DNA is an entirely new way of seeing the living world, and we鈥檙e just learning how to take advantage of it for purposes of management and conservation. At the Collaborative, we wake up every day thinking about how to move this technology into routine practice for people and institutions around the world,鈥� said Eily Andruszkiewicz Allan, chief scientist at the Collaborative.

The Collaborative is funded initially with a $1 million grant from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. The team also recently secured a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Navy 鈥� in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Scripps Institution of Oceanography 鈥� for a five-year project to use eDNA to map the locations of marine mammals in the ocean.

The goal is to help the U.S. Navy reduce harm to marine mammals by better understanding where those animals are in space and time. Most of the eDNA sampling activity will begin this fall and center around Seattle and San Diego. eDNA methods will fold into other existing work, including visual and acoustic surveys, to eventually produce a West Coast-wide estimate of where marine mammals are in the ocean.

Other ongoing projects include:

• Monitoring for the invasive European green crab throughout Puget Sound and Washington鈥檚 outer coast
• Developing eDNA as a tool for
• Using eDNA to monitor the presence of salmon in streams to gauge the effectiveness of culvert replacement projects in Washington
• Assessing seasonal changes in Norwegian fjords for the country鈥檚 salmon industry

For more information, contact聽Kelly at rpkelly@uw.edu, Allan at eallan@uw.edu and program manager Cara Sucher at csucher@uw.edu or email the Collaborative at ednacollab@uw.edu.聽Contact U.S. Navy program officer Mike Weise for questions about the marine mammal monitoring grant: michael.j.weise@navy.mil.

Follow the eDNA Collaborative on Twitter at .

The 天美影视传媒 is among the best universities in the world for the studies of health and life sciences, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022.

The rankings, released , looked at four overall disciplines: , , and .

In physical sciences, the UW ranked No. 21 in the world, third among U.S. public institutions. Physical sciences includes mathematics and statistics; physics and astronomy; chemistry; and geology, environmental, earth and marine sciences.

The UW was among 107 debut institutions this year on the life sciences list, coming in at No. 18, or third place among U.S. public universities. This topic includes agriculture and forestry; biological sciences; veterinary science; and sports science.

For the psychology ranking, the UW placed among the top 10 U.S. public institutions, and No. 31 in the world. Psychology includes psychology; educational/sport/business/animal psychology; and clinical psychology.

And, finally, for the clinical & health rankings, the UW placed No. 21, or third among U.S. public institutions. This discipline includes medicine and dentistry; and other health subjects.

The rankings included 1,523 universities from 98 countries and regions. The subject tables employ the same range of聽聽used in the overall聽, however, the overall methodology is recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields.

“The human relationship with oceans under current political economies is unsustainable, unstable and inequitable,” Yoshitaka Ota, director of the center.

“We need to create a new platform for ocean governance to recognize injustices, embrace diverse knowledge systems and actually embody these values to make oceans equitable for everyone.”

And that is the goal of the Ocean Nexus Center, a 10-year collaboration between the a global leader addressing challenges facing the world’s oceans, and , the UW’s multidisciplinary institute that researches key environmental challenges.

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 鈥� called the , or just the Decade 鈥� is an international initiative toward achieving the environmental standards set in the agenda. These include “improving equity in the design, conduct and utilization of ocean science.”

Ocean Voices is a program of the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center dedicated to advancing equity in Ocean Decade activities by identifying barriers to and enabling conditions for fairness and justice in ocean science “so that no one is left behind through the Decade.”

Now, the Ocean Voices program has been officially by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, as one of its first 28 “” 鈥� or programs to be undertaken in the next 10 years to help “create the ocean we want” by 2030.

Ota, who is a research assistant professor in the UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs as well as director of the Ocean Nexus Center, praised the Decade Actions designation for Ocean Voices.

“This program will advance equity in the Decade through interdisciplinary research and partnerships that will examine how ocean science can support a more equitable and sustainable world, and how to prevent the science from being used, misused or ignored.”

Read more on the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center’s .